www.washingtontimes.com Topics: Nonehttps://www.washingtontimes.com/topics/john-hickenlooper/?utm_medium=RSS2017-09-19T23:40:26-04:00Colorado governor creates adviser position to combat aging2017-09-19T23:40:26-04:00https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2017/sep/19/colorado-governor-creates-adviser-position-to-comb/?utm_source=RSS_Feed&utm_medium=RSS<p>DENVER (AP) - Colorado Gov. John Hickenlooper has announced he will use grant money to create a new senior adviser position whose job will solely focus on issues related to an aging population.</p> <p>The Denver Post reports (http://dpo.st/2fiHeWt ) Hickenlooper announced the new position on Tuesday, saying the grant money ...Colorado governor denies pardon for woman facing deportation2017-09-14T18:17:13-04:00KATHLEEN FOODYhttps://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2017/sep/14/colorado-governor-denies-pardon-for-woman-facing-d/?utm_source=RSS_Feed&utm_medium=RSS<p>DENVER (AP) - Colorado's governor on Thursday denied a pardon application from a woman who lived at a Quaker meeting house in Denver to avoid U.S. immigration authorities, quashing her hopes of a final way to fight deportation.</p> <p>Ingrid Encalada Latorre, a 33-year-old native of Peru, asked Gov. John Hickenlooper ...Colorado governor calls Legislature back to repair pot tax2017-09-14T20:06:52-04:00https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2017/sep/14/colorado-governor-calls-legislature-back-to-repair/?utm_source=RSS_Feed&utm_medium=RSS<p>DENVER (AP) - Colorado Gov. John Hickenlooper has called a special session of the Legislature to correct a mistake in a law governing taxes on marijuana.</p> <p>Hickenlooper said Thursday the session will start Oct. 2 and will deal only with the marijuana tax.</p> <p>The governor says a law passed by ...John Kasich, John Hickenlooper recommend Obamacare fixes2017-08-31T11:15:35-04:00Tom Howell Jr.https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2017/aug/31/john-kasich-john-hickenlooper-recommend-obamacare-/?utm_source=RSS_Feed&utm_medium=RSS<p>A bipartisan pair of governors advised Congress Thursday to bolster Obamacare's ailing markets by funding critical insurer payments and a temporary fund for super-costly customers, while making it easier for states to forge their own path.</p> <p>Ohio Gov. John Kasich, a Republican, and Colorado Gov. John Hickenlooper, a Democrat, said ...Governors urge keeping US health law's individual mandate2017-08-31T09:59:58-04:00JULIE CARR SMYTH and JAMES ANDERSONhttps://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2017/aug/31/apnewsbreak-governors-health-care-plan-retains-man/?utm_source=RSS_Feed&utm_medium=RSS<p>COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) - A bipartisan governor duo is urging Congress to retain the federal health care law's unpopular individual mandate while seeking to stabilize individual insurance markets as lawmakers work on a long-term replacement.</p> <p>The recommendation is part of a compromise plan that's designed to be palatable to both ...Colorado to Sessions: Pot industry working and can be better2017-08-24T19:44:23-04:00https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2017/aug/24/colorado-to-sessions-pot-industry-working-and-can-/?utm_source=RSS_Feed&utm_medium=RSS<p>DENVER (AP) - Colorado's legal marijuana industry is working - and can work better with federal collaboration, the state's governor and Republican attorney general told U.S. Attorney General Jeff Sessions in a letter Thursday.</p> <p>Gov. John Hickenlooper and Attorney General Cynthia Coffman urged Sessions to collaborate with recreational pot states ...The Latest: Colorado won't put oil-gas pipeline map online2017-08-22T16:03:05-04:00https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2017/aug/22/the-latest-colorado-wont-put-oil-gas-pipeline-map-/?utm_source=RSS_Feed&utm_medium=RSS<p>DENVER (AP) - The Latest on steps Colorado is taking after a fatal home explosion blamed on a leaking gas line (all times local):</p> <p>2 p.m.</p> <p>Colorado Gov. John Hickenlooper says the state won't offer an online map of oil and gas pipelines after a fatal house explosion that was ...Colorado: No online oil, gas pipeline map after fatal blast2017-08-22T13:44:40-04:00DAN ELLIOTThttps://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2017/aug/22/colorado-to-tighten-pipeline-rules-after-fatal-gas/?utm_source=RSS_Feed&utm_medium=RSS<p>DENVER (AP) - Colorado will not offer an online map of oil and gas pipelines in the wake of a fatal house explosion blamed on a gas leak, Gov. John Hickenlooper said Tuesday, citing concerns about security and theft.</p> <p>The state will instead require energy companies to provide location information ...Colorado's Democratic governor endorses global climate pact2017-07-11T13:50:30-04:00DAN ELLIOTThttps://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2017/jul/11/colorados-democratic-governor-endorses-global-clim/?utm_source=RSS_Feed&utm_medium=RSS<p>DENVER (AP) - Colorado's Democratic governor on Tuesday added his state to a dozen others endorsing the Paris global accord on climate change even as President Donald Trump withdraws the nation from the agreement.</p> <p>Gov. John Hickenlooper said the state would also set a goal of reducing its greenhouse gas ...Special funding request nixed for Colorado Energy Office2017-06-20T18:28:05-04:00https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2017/jun/20/special-funding-request-nixed-for-colorado-energy-/?utm_source=RSS_Feed&utm_medium=RSS<p>DENVER (AP) - Colorado's legislative budget committee has rejected a request by Gov. John Hickenlooper to keep the state energy office running at full strength past June 30.</p> <p>The Colorado Energy Office loses most of its funding on July 1 because the split Legislature could not agree on a funding ...Governors break ground on US Olympic museum in Colorado2017-06-09T15:58:26-04:00EDDIE PELLShttps://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2017/jun/9/governors-break-ground-on-75m-us-olympic-museum/?utm_source=RSS_Feed&utm_medium=RSS<p>COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. (AP) - A groundbreaking ceremony was held Friday for an Olympic museum that will include a Hall of Fame and make mention of every athlete who has competed for the U.S. team.</p> <p>Attending the ceremony were Colorado Gov. John Hickenlooper and former Ohio Gov. Dick Celeste.</p> <p>The ...Colorado marijuana market funds busts of illegal growers2017-06-08T15:02:49-04:00KRISTEN WYATThttps://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2017/jun/8/colorado-marijuana-market-funds-busts-of-illegal-g/?utm_source=RSS_Feed&utm_medium=RSS<p>DENVER (AP) - The first recreational pot market in the U.S. notched another marijuana first Thursday when Colorado started using marijuana taxes to fund police efforts to crack down on illegal growing operations.</p> <p>A measure signed into law by Gov. John Hickenlooper sets aside nearly $6 million a year in ...Colorado Editorial Roundup2017-06-07T16:03:43-04:00The Associated Presshttps://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2017/jun/7/colorado-editorial-roundup/?utm_source=RSS_Feed&utm_medium=RSS<p>The (Colorado Springs) Gazette, June 6, on the U.S. Olympic Museum and Hall of Fame:</p> <p>Gov. John Hickenlooper, Mayor John Suthers, U.S. Olympic Committee CEO Scott Blackmun and other state, national and community leaders will gather at 10 a.m. Friday for the ceremonial groundbreaking of the country's premier U.S. Olympic ...Colorado Editorial Roundup2017-06-01T16:22:55-04:00The Associated Presshttps://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2017/jun/1/colorado-editorial-roundup/?utm_source=RSS_Feed&utm_medium=RSS<p>The (Greeley) Tribune, June 1, on "rolling coal:"</p> <p>We're delighted the Colorado Legislature passed a bill this year - and Gov. John Hickenlooper says he will eagerly sign - that gives police the authority to smack $100 fines on vehicles that "roll coal."</p> <p>Say what, you say?</p> <p>Rolling coal is ...The Latest: Colorado governor says recent blasts unrelated2017-05-26T13:15:23-04:00https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2017/may/26/the-latest-oil-company-says-fiery-well-wasnt-in-pr/?utm_source=RSS_Feed&utm_medium=RSS<p>DENVER (AP) - The Latest on a fatal oil tank fire in northern Colorado (all times local):</p> <p>1:45 p.m.</p> <p>Colorado Gov. John Hickenlooper says two deadly northern Colorado oil and gas explosions in recent weeks are unrelated.</p> <p>The governor is a former geologist and says he agrees with local investigators ...Governor will not call lawmakers back for special session2017-05-19T17:27:20-04:00https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2017/may/19/governor-will-not-call-lawmakers-back-for-special-/?utm_source=RSS_Feed&utm_medium=RSS<p>DENVER (AP) - Colorado Gov. John Hickenlooper says he will not call lawmakers back for a special legislative session to address the state's multibillion-dollar backlog of infrastructure projects.</p> <p>The governor announced his decision Friday, about a week after they concluded their annual session with modest advancements on road funding, energy ...The Latest: Victim of armed robbery calls pardon 'unjust'2017-05-19T17:16:23-04:00https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2017/may/19/the-latest-colorado-governor-pardons-man-facing-de/?utm_source=RSS_Feed&utm_medium=RSS<p>DENVER (AP) - The Latest on a Cuban felon facing deportation after huge prison mix up (all times local):</p> <p>5:30 p.m.</p> <p>Jason Kasperek, the assistant manager at a video store that Rene Lima-Marin and an accomplice robbed in 1998, said Lima-Marin should be back in prison.</p> <p>"I just think that ...The Latest: Wife of man facing deportation hopes for reunion2017-05-18T11:50:47-04:00https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2017/may/18/the-latest-ordered-released-from-prison-man-faces-/?utm_source=RSS_Feed&utm_medium=RSS<p>DENVER (AP) - The Latest on a man ordered released from prison and then arrested by immigration authorities (all times local):</p> <p>4:45 p.m.</p> <p>The wife of a Colorado man ordered to be re-released from prison after a mix up says she remains hopeful the family will be reunited.</p> <p>Immigration Customs ...Colorado Editorial Roundup2017-05-17T18:11:17-04:00The Associated Presshttps://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2017/may/17/colorado-editorial-roundup/?utm_source=RSS_Feed&utm_medium=RSS<p>The (Colorado Springs) Gazette, May 17, on the state's oil and gas industry:</p> <p>Gov. John Hickenlooper has until Thursday to appeal a Colorado Court of Appeals ruling that requires state oil and gas regulators to reconsider a petition for rule-making from a group of Boulder teenagers.</p> <p>The 2013 case was ...Colorado governor wants map of gas lines after fatal blast2017-05-03T02:58:11-04:00DAN ELLIOTT and KRISTEN WYATThttps://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2017/may/3/fatal-colorado-gas-explosion-certain-to-renew-tens/?utm_source=RSS_Feed&utm_medium=RSS<p>DENVER (AP) - Colorado Gov. John Hickenlooper said Wednesday the state should have comprehensive maps of oil and gas pipelines to help prevent a repeat of a fatal house explosion blamed on an old, severed gas line.</p> <p>Hickenlooper said that may require a new law, and the Legislature is unlikely ...